USB booting :: Installing and Using DSL on USB Pen Drive
I tried it to but this is what i get:
dev/sda: read-only system
after that: mount block device is write-protected, mounting only read-only
mount: /dev/sda1 is not a valid block device error mounting usb device
am i doing something wrong?No, my instructions are unclear.
I should have said:
Boot from the CD-R disk and then run the 5-way installation script.
It will not work if you run it while booting from the USB drive.Hi.
i have followed all your instructions up intill here
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then go into the newly created subdirectory. I think it was called 5way.
Then type in the name of the script to start it up.
I have a working bootable USD drive but i want to be able to use it embedded. Im using 1.4 do i need 1.5?
or is there much benefit to get 1.5I have been using this post as a guide to doing exactly what the original poster wanted to do with DSL and a USB Pen-drive. I too want to be able to use DSL on a pen-drive in multiple OS's like Linux and Windows. After playing with and re-trying per the intructions (and getting the "Geometry" finsihed) I am stuck on this last part.
As a regular user (not root) I get this messege when trying to activate the 5way script, forgive me but I ahve to type this out as I seem not to be able to copy and paste it here (using the live-cd, not sure if it's the porblem)
dsl@box:~/5-way$ 5way_install.sh
DSL USB pendrive 5-way installation utility. No responisibility for the data lost or hardware damage! Your pendrive must have... etc etc (the USB Geometry is set) DO NOT have your pendrive mounted. Ready to proceed (y/..)? y Standby fetchin the embedded zip file... wget:dsl-embedded.zip:Permission denied Error while trying to fetch the embedded zip file. Script is terminating... dsl@box:~/5-way$
When I try to do the same thing as root I get this:
root@box:~/5-way# 5way_install.sh bash: 5way_install.sh: command not found root@box:~/5way#
Also just to show here is the USB Pendrive Geometry. My pendrive was not what was suggested so I changed it, I now have this:
Disk /dev/sda: 982 cylinders, 16 heads, 32 sectors/track Old situation: Units = cylinders of 262144 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System /dev/sda1 0+ 980 981- 251135+ 83 Linux /dev/sda2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/sda3 SAME THING /dev/sda4 SAME THING
NOTE: I am using the Kingston 256mb Pendrive Thank you for reading I really appreciate the help... I know I am so close to actually getting this to work!Anyone? Next Page...
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